Corset



v. BUCHANAN.

CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I6, I919.

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Patentedl May 1051921.

2 SHE INVENTOR m ATTORNEY V. BUCHANAN.

I CORSET.

I APPLICATION FILED MAY I6, I9I9. 1,377,614. P nted May 10, 1921.

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ATENT? oFFice.

Application filed May 16, 1919. serial No. 297,625.

Toallavlzom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VITA Bt'oHANArI, a-

citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, New York county, in the State of New ,York, have inventedcertain new and useful Tmprovements in Corsets, of'which the following is a full, clear,'and exact specification.

My invention relates to improvements in corsets, and the same has for its object more particularly to provide a corset which will be comfortable to the wearer, and which will give to the person of the wearer a trim and graceful figure;

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a corset which may be readily adjusted in position upon theperson of the wearer, and which, when properly adjusted,

will beheld duly in place. I

' Further, said invention has for its object to provide a corset having a body portion, and leg-embracing members extending severally from said body portion.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a corset comprising a body portion, and portions depending severally from said body portion,and jointly serving" to confine the figure from the bust.to the knees, without interfering with the free and unrestrained use of the legs.

Other-objects will in part be obvlous and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends, my invention consists in the novel details of construction, andin the combination, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed "out in the claims;

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate l1ke parts I Figure 1 is anillustrative view show ng one form of corset constructed accordlng to, and'embodying my said inventlon, 1n position upon the wearer;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the corset with its parts secured together, but

removed from the person of the wearer, and

Fig. 3 is a face view showlng the complete corset fully extended or flattened out.

'Insaid drawings IOdesigna tes a corset comprising two similarly shaped. halves or parts, 11, 11,'incli1ding body \portions 12 adapted to embrace the waist, hips, and. buttocks, and a depending portion 13 extending downwardly and rearwardly from each of said body portions each adapted to receive and confine the one thigh of the wearer;

The halvesor parts 11, 11 are adjustably secured together at the rear edges by a lace or laces 14passing through eyelets 15 provided in said halves. or parts adjacent to the rear edges. One of the front edges of said halves or parts 11, 11 is providedwith studs 16, and the otherwith hooks 16 adapted to engage the studs 16 tohold the front of the corset parts secured together.

Each depending portion 13 is provided along its front edge with eyelets 13 and along its rear edge with" corresponding eyelets 13 -to receive a lace 17 whereby to secure the registering edges of said depending portion together at the inner side of the leg.

To facilitate the lacing together of the Specification of Letters lfatent. Patented May it), 1921i.

edges of said depending portions, and more particularly to hold the same connected while the laces are'being adjusted, the edges of said depending portions are provided at their upper ends with tabs or flaps 18, 18

\ provided with suitable fastening means.

band of elastic material or webbing 20, preferably rubber or rubber fabric, which tapers downward from the front of the corset to the rear thereof.

Inserts 21 of similar elastic material are provided/at the lower front edges of each ody portion 12, and the adjacent edges of said inserts 21 are provided, witheyelets 22 to receive a short lace 22 whereby to secure the corset parts together at that point.

In order to cause the corset to fit properly over the hips and buttocks each half or part is provided with" an insert 23 of elastic material preferably 1 rubber or rubber fabric. The said insert 23 extends. from the edge of the body portion 12, downwardly to a point about midway of the height of the depending or leg portion.

The said insert 23 extends over approxizmately two thirds of the upper half of each depending portion. The lower edge, 23 of said insert follows the outline of the lower edge of said depending portion 13, and the upper edge. of said insert is provided with threeinwardly curved or portions or edges 13, 132-13 along which the same is attached to the lower edge of the body portion of the corset. The point 14 formed at the junction of the curved portions 13, 13 is located adjacent to the hip bone, and the point 14 is located at the center of the back when the corset is properly adjusted upon the wearer.

The front edge 15 of said insert 23 terminates near the front of the thigh, and the corresponding rear edge 15 terminates at the inner side of the thigh.

The elastic inserts 23 serve to render the leg embracing members elastic in a circumferential direction and also serve to render the rear portion of the corsetelastic or" yielding in a vertical direction at the junction of the depending portions or leg-embracing members with the body portions so asto permit the wearer to assume a sitting position without displacing the corset as a whole or any of its parts from their adjusted positions, and also to prevent the tearing or injuring of the same.

The body portion of the corset is pro ided with vertically arranged casings 21 which become gradually longer as they approach the back, and within said casings are disposed the usual steels 2t, and at the rear edges of said corset parts 12, 12 to each side of the row of eyelets are provided two parallel casings 25, 25 within which are disposed whale bones 25 25 In order to reinforce the entire corset Vertically, fabric strips 26, are provided which may be made either as continuations of the casings 24, or separately therefrom. Certain of said reinforcing strips extend from the lower ends of said casings 2% to the lower edges of the depending portions, or leg embracing members. I

-27, 2? denote shoulder straps which are permanently secured at their rear ends to the upper rear edges of the corset parts and detachably secured at their forward ends to the upper front edges of said corset parts. The said shoulder straps 27, 27 serye to aid in holding the corset against downward movement upon the wearer Having thus described my said invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A corset comprising a body portion and inelastic leg-embracing portions wholly sur-' rounding the vlegs,'and elastic inserts arranged at each side of the corset; said inserts each comprising a thigh-engaging por- .tion and a hip-engaging portion extending upwardly therefrom to the. hip bone of the wearer substantially specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, this 13th day. of May, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

VITA BUCHANAN.

Witnesses:

CONRAD A. DIETERICH, WELLIAM P. J ONES. 

